Publication 14. Geological Series 11. the OCCURRENCE of OIL AND
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STATE OF MICHIGAN CHAPTER II. GEOLOGICAL FACTORS MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTROLLING THE OCCURRENCE OF OIL AND GAS. ................................................................................12 Publication 14. Geological Series 11. THE ANTICLINAL THEORY. .......................................12 THE OCCURRENCE OF OIL AND GAS IN ROCK PRESSURE IN GAS AND OIL WELLS............17 MICHIGAN Cause of Rock Pressure........................................ 17 SURFACE INDICATIONS............................................19 By Richard A. Smith CHAPTER III. THE PORT HURON FIELD. ...................19 Published as a part of the Annual Report of the Board of EARLY HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. ..................19 Geological and Biological Survey for 1912. GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN WESTERN ONTARIO.....................................................................20 Lansing, Michigan The Petrolia Field .................................................. 21 Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers Sarnia Township.................................................... 21 1914 Courtright............................................................... 22 EXPLORATIONS IN THE PORT HURON FIELD........22 Port Huron ............................................................. 22 Contents Marysville............................................................... 23 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL............................................ 2 Wadham's Station.................................................. 24 Abbotsford ............................................................. 24 INTRODUCTION............................................................... 4 Valley Center ......................................................... 24 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS................................................ 5 Imlay City............................................................... 24 CHAPTER I. THE MICHIGAN BASIN. ............................ 5 Fort Gratiot Township............................................ 25 THE PORT HURON ANTICLINE.................................25 MAJOR STRUCTURE................................................... 5 THE OIL HORIZONS. ..................................................25 MINOR STRUCTURES................................................. 6 Conclusions ........................................................... 25 THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION...................................... 6 HURON AND SANILAC COUNTIES. ..........................25 CAMBRIAN. .............................................................6 The early salt wells ................................................ 25 Lake Superior, Eastern or Jacobsville sandstone.........6 The Geological Sections........................................ 26 ORDOVICIAN. .........................................................7 Calciferous, Lower Magnesian .....................................7 CHAPTER IV. THE SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT. .......26 St. Peters......................................................................7 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. ................................26 Trenton Limestone .......................................................7 Utica Shale ...................................................................7 ROCK STRUCTURES. ................................................26 Lorraine or Maysville ....................................................7 RELATION OF SURFACE SIGNS TO OIL AND GAS SILURIAN. ...............................................................8 HORIZONS. .................................................................26 Richmond and Medina .................................................8 MONROE COUNTY.....................................................27 Clinton ..........................................................................8 Monroe................................................................... 27 Rochester Shale...........................................................8 Strasburg ............................................................... 28 The Niagara Limestone. (Guelph and Lockport.).........8 Salina ...........................................................................8 Milan ...................................................................... 29 Monroe Formation ........................................................9 Newport ................................................................. 30 Lower Monroe or Bass Island Series.....................9 Ida.......................................................................... 30 Sylvania. Middle Monroe .......................................9 Riga ....................................................................... 30 Upper Monroe or Detroit River Series ...................9 South Rockwood ................................................... 30 DEVONIAN. .............................................................9 LENAWEE COUNTY. ..................................................30 Dundee (Corniferous) limestone...................................9 Adrian .................................................................... 30 Traverse (Hamilton and Marcellus) Formation .............9 Britton .................................................................... 31 Antrim Shale...............................................................10 Blissfield................................................................. 31 MISSISSIPPIAN.....................................................10 Berea Sandstone........................................................10 Manchester............................................................ 31 Coldwater Shale .........................................................10 Madison Township................................................. 31 Marshall Sandstone. Napoleon or Upper Marshall and HILLSDALE COUNTY..................................................32 Lower Marshall ...........................................................10 Hillsdale ................................................................. 32 Michigan Series or Lower Grand Rapids....................11 Osseo .................................................................... 32 Bay Port Limestone or Maxville. Upper Grand Rapids WAYNE COUNTY........................................................32 ...................................................................................11 PENNSYLVANIAN.................................................11 Trenton .................................................................. 32 Parma Sandstone or Conglomerate ...........................11 Grosse Isle ............................................................ 33 Saginaw Formation ....................................................11 Romulus Township ................................................ 33 POSSIBLY PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS. .............11 Wyandotte ............................................................. 34 Woodville....................................................................11 Delray .................................................................... 34 PLEISTOCENE......................................................12 River Rouge........................................................... 34 Publication 14, Geological Series 11 / Chapters 1-5– Page 1 of 49 Oakwood................................................................34 Illustrations Fort Wayne ............................................................36 Detroit ....................................................................37 North Detroit...........................................................37 Plates Eloise .....................................................................37 Plate I. Pumping plant of the Michigan Development LOCAL STRUCTURES IN SOUTHEASTERN Company, Port Huron. ...................................................22 MICHIGAN................................................................... 37 Plate II. The Garey-Casamer No. 1 Well, Saginaw. ..............44 Wyandotte Anticline ...............................................37 Stony Island Anticline.............................................38 WASHTENAW COUNTY............................................. 38 Figures Ypsilanti .................................................................38 Figure 1. Diagrammatic cross section of the Michigan Basin Ann Arbor...............................................................38 from Port Rowan, Ontario to Manistee, Michigan.............6 OAKLAND COUNTY. .................................................. 39 Figure 2. Outline geological map of Michigan showing Royal Oak ..............................................................39 Paleozoic formations and the location of deep borings. ...7 Mutual Oil & Gas Company's Well, Royal Oak......39 Pontiac ...................................................................39 Figure 3. Geological column of Michigan from the Calciferous to the Pleistocene (by A. C. Lane)....................................8 South Lyon.............................................................40 MACOMB COUNTY. ................................................... 40 Figure 4. Diagrammatic section of reservoirs showing ideal Mt. Clemens...........................................................40 relations of oil, gas, and water........................................15 New Baltimore........................................................40 Figure 5. Diagrammatic section of the oil and gas sands in the Romeo ...................................................................40 central Appalachian oil region.